Route exchange in multi-tenant clustered controllers
US12160370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 9, 2023 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 9, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/825
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Route exchange in a plurality of network controller appliances on a per-tenant basis is disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a network management system and at a first network controller appliance, a designation of at least two tenants to be hosted on the first network controller appliance, the first network controller appliance being one of a plurality of network controller appliances in a SD-WAN; sending, from the first network controller appliance to other network controller appliances of the plurality of network controller appliances, a tenant list query message to obtain a corresponding tenant list of each of the other network controller appliances; and receiving a corresponding response from each of the other network controller appliances indicating the corresponding tenant list of each of the other network controller appliances, the corresponding response being used to update the tenant list on the first network controller appliance.
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